Minutus

I was wondering if anyone has ever had a 'Sulphur' patient that had
beautiful skin with no skin problems. I saw a patient yesterday that
has all the sulphur characteristics except the skin stuff.
Any comment will be appreciated.
Tamara

But did they have skin problems in the past? Sometimes it was suppressed in their childhood.
Rochelle
www.rochellemarsden.co.uk

No, he didn't even have pimples as a teenager.

rochelle wrote:

I don't know whether this applies specifically to sulphur, but I was taught
in general that if the focus of disorder is deep (deep mental/emotional
stuff), you may not see the symptoms that more typically appear at a more
superficial level.

Another thing I was taught is that sulphur is *such* a broad remedy, that
it's easily mistaken for other remedies, and other remedies are easily
mistaken for it. What's the patient's chief complaint? Want to give any
more description?

Shannon

on 8/8/04 4:50 PM, Tamara Der-Ohanian at homeopathy@sympatico.ca wrote:

Thanks for your comments Shannon. The more I think about the case, the
more I'm starting to realize that it may not be a Sulphur case after all.

His main complaint is that "he flips out easily", according to him. The
patient's wife was my patient for a while. Then she finally convinced
the husband to see me, after an incident during their recent vacation.
Ever since the wife (Ars.) has had plastic surgery (breast augmentation
and face lift) and looks very good, the husband is insecure (according
to her). While on vacation, some young guys came up to his wife and
started talking to her. Later on that night, in their hotel room, he
went into a rage and accused the wife of flirting. When in this
state, he generally throws things, he hit his head against the wall
once, he has broken many of his cell phones by throwing it across the
room, and he has also hit his wife once. He is very remorseful soon
after he goes into these fits. He yells and swears a lot. He is a bit
shy when he first meets people, but then becomes very friendly.

He has a fear of speed, dogs, bees, death, disease and poverty.

Physically he tends to be constipated, sleeps ok, loves meat, spicy
foods and sour things and has aversion to milk.

Tamara

Bob&Shannon wrote:
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Look at Tuberculinum, Staph and Nux vomica.

Ideas: Here are some rubrics I hope are helpful, which I have also done
some rep work with.

add MIND; FEAR; general; poverty (23) : adam., ambr., ars.,
Bry., calc., calc-f., calc-s., calc-sil., cand-a., chlor., falco-p.,
graph., hydrog., kali-c., med., meli., nux-v., psor., puls., sep.,
stann., staph., sulph.
MIND; RAGE, fury; repentance, followed by (3) : croc., germ., lyss.
add MIND; ANGER, irascibility; general; alternating with;
repentance, quick (7) : anan., croc., lyss., mez., olnd., sulph., vinc.
add MIND; REMORSE; general; repents quickly (8) : adam.,
agki-p., bros-g., croc., lyss., olnd., sulph., vinc.
add MIND; REMORSE; general (79) : achy., adam., agki-p., agn.,
alum., alum-sil., am-c., anac., androc., ars., ars-s-f., aur., aur-ar.,
bell., bros-g., cact., calc., calc-p., cand-a., carb-an., carb-v.,
carc., caust., cham., chel., chin-b., cina, clem., cocc., Coff., con.,
croc., cupr., cycl., dig., ferr., ferr-ar., germ., graph., hell.,
helod-c., hyos., ign., kali-br., lac-eq., lac-f., lach., lil-t., lyss.,
med., merc., mez., nat-c., nat-m., nit-ac., nux-v., olnd., ph-ac.,
phos., plat., psor., puls., ratt-n., rheum, ruta, sabad., sec., sel.,
sep., sil., spira., spirae., staph., stram., stront-c., sulph., verat.,
vinc., zinc.
subtract MIND; FEAR; general; animals, of; dogs, of (23) : androc.,
Bac., BELL., bufo, calc., carc., caust., Chin., choc., cupr-acet.,
hyos., lyss., med., nat-m., nat-p., plat., puls., sil., stram.,
syc-co., tub., tub-k., verat.

Elimination: androc., BELL., calc., carc., caust., hyos., lyss., med.,
nat-m., plat., puls., sil., stram., verat.
If we then subtract
MIND; ANGER, irascibility; general; throws things away (13) : androc.,
camph., cham., cina, coff., coloc., dulc., hydrog., ozone, prot.,
Staph., thea., tub.

an elimination only includes Androctonus

Androctonus and lyssin, stram, and the rx in the elimination above
might be studied, and Staph, and Tuberculinum, as well.

ancillary rubric
GENERALITIES; FOOD and drinks; milk; aversion (79) : acet-ac., acon-l.,
adam., aeth., alum-p., am-c., ammc., ant-c., ant-t., arn., ars., bell.,
bor., bov., bry., cact., calad., calc., calc-p., calc-s., calc-sil.,
carb-v., carbn-s., carc., chin., cina, con., convo-s., elaps, esp-g.,
ferr., ferr-p., guai., guare., ign., iod., ipom., kali-i., Lac-d.,
lac-h., lach., lec., lepi., lepro., m-arct., m-aust., mag-c., mag-m.,
merc., mez., Nat-c., nat-m., nat-p., nat-s., nicc., nit-ac., nux-m.,
nux-v., ol-j., past., pers., ph-ac., phos., podo., puls., rheum,
rhus-t., sabal., sac-alb., sep., sil., stann., Staph., stram., sul-ac.,
sulph., syc-co., teucr., tub.

ON another tack, Lach (jealous) can appear like Sulph; and Caust is a
Lach complementary (Boger, if I recall this right)

MIND; JEALOUSY; general (71) : am-s., aml-n., anac., anan., apis, ars.,
bamb-a., bani-c., bar-c., bar-s., bell., calad., calc., calc-p.,
calc-s., camph., carc., caust., cench., cham., chin., cocain., cocc.,
coff., coloc., con., crot-c., ferr-s., gall-ac., gels., haliae-lc.,
hydr-ac., HYOS., ign., ilx-a., ip., kali-acet., kali-ar., kali-c.,
kali-s., kola., lac-leo., LACH., lil-t., lyc., mag-c., mag-s., med.,
morg-g., nat-m., nat-s., nux-m., NUX-V., op., ozone, petr., ph-ac.,
phos., Plat., puls., raph., sac-alb., sep., staph., stram., sul-ac.,
sulph., teucr., thuj., verat., vip.

Best, Andy
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Thank you very much Andy!

andyh wrote:
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Thanks!

allen coniglio wrote:
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Dear Tamara:

He is no Sulphur. He is Lycopodium.

Kind Regards::
Miguel F
His main complaint is that "he flips out EASALY", according to him. The
patient's wife was my patient for a while. Then she finally convinced
the husband to see me, after an incident during their recent vacation.
Ever since the wife (Ars.) has had plastic surgery (breast augmentation
and face lift) and looks very good, the husband is insecure (according
to her). While on vacation, some young guys came up to his wife and
started talking to her. Later on that night, in their hotel ROOM, he
went into a rage and accused the wife of flirting. When in this
state, he generally THROWS things, he hit his head against the wall
once, he has broken many of his cell phones by throwing it across the
ROOM, and he has also HIT his wife once. He is very REMORSEFUL soon
after he goes into these fits. He YELLS and swears a lot. He is a bit
SHY when he first meets people, but THEN becomes very friendly.

He has a FEAR of speed, dogs, bees, death, disease and poverty.

Physically he tends to be CONSTIPATED , SLEEPS ok, loves meat, spicy
foods and sour things and has aversion to MILK.
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